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Liberty for Sale: Should Ohio Prisoners be Commodities in a For-Profit Venture? by German Lopez by German Lopez, Cincinnati CityBeat In 1997, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) opened a private prison in Youngstown, Ohio. The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center was to hold out-of-state prisoners with the promise of profits and …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Telephone Rates
PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice by Mel Motel In June 2012, Prison Legal News began running a full-page flyer for the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, asking people to get involved and take action. Within weeks, letters from PLN readers began flooding …
The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway William “Lefty” …
Private Prison Companies Use Political Influence to Increase Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A June 2011 report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) reveals how for-profit private prison companies use political campaign donations, lobbyists and relationships with government officials to increase their profits by promoting policies that result …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
$2,500 Settlement in Illinois Prisoner’s Telephone Disconnect Suit – After Nine Years by An Illinois prisoner has accepted $2,500 to settle a lawsuit against Ameritech, in which he accused the telecommunications company of fraudulently and intentionally disconnecting phone calls made by prisoners. Prisoner Johnnie Flournoy filed suit in state court …
Pennsylvania Jail Major Pleads Guilty to Beating Prisoner After Escape Attempt by On October 29, 2011, James M. Donis, 50, who had been major of the guards and the fourth-highest-ranking official at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was fired from his $68,631-a-year position. He had worked at the …
Pennsylvania Guards Charged with Physical, Sexual Abuse of Prisoners by A Pennsylvania state prison guard was arrested on September 27, 2011 and charged with 89 counts of physically and sexually abusing prisoners at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Pittsburgh. Seven other guards were initially suspended, and three face related charges. Before …
BOP Supermax Lawsuit Claims Horrific Abuse of Mentally Ill at ADX by Alan Prendergast “A Clean Version of Hell” – that’s what a 2007 segment of 60 Minutes called the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, Colorado, or ADX, home to some of the world’s most notorious murderers and …
Vietnam Pardons 10,244 Prisoners but Few Dissidents by Derek Gilna Two Vietnamese activists jailed for advocating democracy were among more than 10,000 prisoners granted amnesty by Vietnam’s government on August 25, 2011 in celebration of National Day. Nguyen Van Tinh and Tran Duc Thach had been sentenced in 2009 to …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Nebraska Refuses to Return Execution Drug to Swiss Company by In its desperation to obtain a supply of sodium thiopental, one of the three drugs commonly used to carry out executions by lethal injection, the State of Nebraska circumvented the manufacturer, which does not sell the drug for use in …
Iowa Reconsidering Costs, Benefits of Sex Offender Supervision Law by Joe Watson Over the past decade more than 20 states have created “special sentences” that require community supervision for sex offenders after their release, even if they expire their prison terms. But Iowa is currently reevaluating whether the millions in …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Los Angeles Jail Pays $161,000 Settlement for Juvenile Injured Due to Negligent Supervision by The County of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $161,000 to settle a civil rights action that claimed a juvenile offender was seriously injured while held at the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s Central Juvenile Hall …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Indiana: On June 21, 2012, former state prison guard Benjamin Hankins, 37, was sentenced to 64 years for killing his estranged wife, Lisa, in June 2011. Hankins shot his wife three times when she dropped off their children at his home, then waited several minutes before …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
California Prison Psychologist Faked Her Own Rape by Unhappy with where she lived, Laurie Ann Martinez, 36, a psychologist employed with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), decided to convince her husband that they needed to move to a safer neighborhood. Rather than simply having a conversation with …
$60,411 Attorney Fee Award in Maryland Prisoner’s Public Information Act Suit by The State of Maryland has agreed to pay more than $60,000 in attorney fees to settle a longstanding lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had requested public records pursuant to the state’s Public Information Act. While incarcerated at …
Hawaii AG Study Confirms Ineffectiveness of Mainland Private Prisons by Joe Watson Academic researchers in Hawaii believe that exiling offenders to private prisons thousands of miles away on the U.S. mainland is misguided. And the Hawaii Attorney General’s office (AG) – the state’s Big Kahuna of law enforcement – actually …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Florida Jail Abandons Postcard-Only Mail Policy, Pays Prisoners’ Attorney Fees by In February 2012, a Florida U.S. District Court approved a consent decree that settled a civil rights action challenging a postcard-only mail policy at the Santa Rosa County Jail (SRCJ). As a result of the settlement, prisoners are no …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Prisoner’s Coma-Inducing Latex Allergy Triggers Lawsuit, Burning Questions by Alan Prendergast A prisoner’s lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Corrections, claiming a latex allergy so severe that he’s suffered burns and respiratory problems when touched by glove-wearing guards, appeared to have been resolved in August 2012 when DOC officials testified …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
California Settles Suit with Prison Guards’ Union for $3.5 Million, Interest-Free by Avoiding the uncertainty of litigation, in January 2012 the State of California settled a lawsuit it had initiated two years earlier against the prison guards’ union, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). According to the suit, the …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
State Auditor Finds Flaws in Texas Criminal Justice Information System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2011, the Texas State Auditor released a report on the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) used by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
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